Funny, I was assured by many people on this board that money is absolutely no object for Mike Illych, the Tigers owner. Yet they made no attempt to sign Soriano, the only viable closer on the open market.

It might not cost them the division, but it'll probably cost them the championship.

Still acts like a clown in spite of the fact that he started the year without a gig!

What a jackass!

__________________It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone. - A. Bartlett Giamatti